The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ndidi, a key player in Jose Peseiro’s squad, has already been replaced.
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President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday called on FIFA refereeing instructors who are in Nigeria for three refereeing programmes, to help improve the lot of Nigerian referees to a level that they would be regularly considered for major FIFA and CAF assignments.
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has inspired the Golden Eaglets to go for another three points in tomorrow’s clash with Morocco’s U17 team in order to book an early spot in the tournament quarter-finals.
He said this to a delegation of Nigeria Football Federation chieftains, led by the President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau.
The reaction of the president of the NFF to the report was contained in a statement that was issued on Tuesday.
Gusau’s words, spoken to players of the Super Eagles on Saturday morning, was a direct reference to Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying defeat to Guinea Bissau at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, which pushed the Eagles down to second place in their qualification group.
Gusau said this when he spoke to the players and officials in their dressing room at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium.
Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi, the Chairman of the Katsina State Football Association and who is also Chairman of the NFF Committee on Youth Competitions, was elected to the House of Representatives from the Dutsin-ma/Kurfi Federal Constituency of Katsina State on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He spoke on Sunday evening when he visited the team at their training tour base, Hotel Novotel, Mohammedia, Morocco.
Gusau, while inaugurating the IMC said it needed to imbue the league with integrity, credibility and a firm hand on management and administration to turn things around for the better.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau will on Friday inaugurate the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) as composed by the Hon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on behalf of the Federal Government.
“Administration at every level, that of football inclusive, requires the wisdom to be able to listen to everyone who has an idea and then pick the very best to deal with each situation at hand. Those of us in the Executive Committee are only privileged to be representing the entire fraternity.
Gusau contested with several other candidates in the election but was favoured to have received the highest vote from the electorates.
Alhaji Gusau was elected Friday at the NFF’s 78th Elective Congress holding in Benin, the Edo State capital
The announcement is contained in a statement signed by the cleric’s media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, assuring that the NFF would experience excellent leadership under Gusau and the input from Aisha Falode in the administration.
The Cleric predicted that Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau is the only candidate that can take the Federation far, not the incumbent, Amaju Pinnick.
Gusau made the promise in a statement signed by AFN’s Director General, Pepple Young, in Lagos on Friday.
A source in the Ministry’s Legal Department disclosed that the Ministry was utterly shocked at the outcome of the appeal and “is definitely heading to the Supreme Court”.
The inauguration was conducted by Ibrahim Gusau, Chairman of Chairmen and member of the NFF Board, in Awka.
The Chairman of Chairmen of Nigerian Football, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, minced no words in declaring that what took place in the State on Monday and which some stakeholders styled “an election” was a charade of very low grade, and the NFF would never recognise such a sham.